Monday, February 20, 2012

Can you put a 650 honda engine on a 77 kawasaki 750 motorcycle?

Hey guys, i got two bikes. One is a kawasaki and one is a honda. The engine on the kawasaki is ceased. I dont know what the problem is yet, but if it costs too much to fix, im thinking about taking the honda 650 engine and putting it on the kawasaki bike. Is that possible?Can you put a 650 honda engine on a 77 kawasaki 750 motorcycle?The overall dimensions are about right, so it will probably work. Figure on quite a few hours cutting and welding to fabricate motor mounts. You are pretty much on your own, as I doubt you will find anybody who has done that particular swap to give you guidance.Can you put a 650 honda engine on a 77 kawasaki 750 motorcycle?measure to see if the motor mounts line up,if they do then your good to go,but more likely they wont because there different brand,and cc.so,you'll have to do some frame modifications in order for you to fit the engine on the frame.you will probably have to cut the motor mounts,and relocate them for the motor to fit.





best of luck(%26lt;;Can you put a 650 honda engine on a 77 kawasaki 750 motorcycle?If you want to know about the old Kaw's engine problem, go over to KZRIDER.com, sign up and ask those guys there. It is an online forum dedicated to the Kawasaki and how to work on them. I'm sure somebody there has done something like that. And could tell you if it is feasible.Can you put a 650 honda engine on a 77 kawasaki 750 motorcycle?
Several years ago I replaced the engine in my '79 KZ 1000 shaft with a '81 KZ 1100 shaft. The engines are nearly identical and I'm a good mechanic, welder and machinist, but still it was a very tedious, time consuming job. If you don't posess those skills, then don't even try because all you'll end up with is a butchered Kaw that won't be fit for anything more than scrap. And no matter how good you are, when you go to cutting up the frame, you're asking for handling problems or even a death trap.



Instead, do as the other guy said and check out the Kaw website. Unless you really did a number on your Kaw engine, it's going to be much quicker, easier and less expensive to rebuild it than to try to fit the Honda engine in. Plus, even if you can get the engine to fit the frame, the countershaft sprocket to line up, the carbs and airbox to mate up or fit the Kaw frame, coils to clear the engine and frame, get to the oil filter and on and on, you're going to have an engine that's considerabaly less powerful than the Kaw engine. In other words, a lot of work for a slow bike.

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